::: AfriNIC-9 Streaming Facilities :::

For the benefit of remote participants who wish to follow the proceedings of the conferences, meeting sessions will be broadcast live between 25-28th November 2008. In addition, an IM server will be available to post comments and/or queries.

Streams are delivered as 16Kb/s unicast-http-streamed mp3 audio, a popular and relatively standard way to deliver internet radio. Most platforms should have a client immediately available (windows media player, quicktime, real, winamp, vlc, mplayer, zinf, etc.) capable of playing back the stream.

The live audo stream will be available at the following URL (during conference sessions):- http://streaming.afrinic.net:8000/afrinic9.mp3

Instant Messaging (IM):

(a) those with jabber clients/software can join the meeting room, afrinic9[at]conference.jabber.org . A list of jabber clients can be found at http://www.jabber.org/software/clients.shtml

(b) those without can send their comments and/or queries by email to live-comments[at]afrinic.net

Streaming will begin at 0900hrs (GMT +5) on Tuesday 25th November, 2008.

More information and detailed agenda of the conferences can be found at the following URL:-

http://meeting.afrinic.net/afrinic9/agenda.htm

* summer time in Mauritius is moving 1 hour ahead.